Table of Contents:
  • The changing and challenging economic environment
  • Challenges facing college sports
  • Challenges facing professional sports
  • Trends in sports facility financing
  • Principles of economic impact analysis
  • Costs : the rest of the economic impact story
  • The long-term legacy rationales for public subsidy
  • Sources of public sector funding
  • Implementation of public-private partnerships (P3s)
  • Revenue sources from sports venues
  • Ticket sales and operations
  • Commercializing media rights
  • Sale of licensed merchandise
  • Sponsorships
  • Acquiring donations.